OMG. My 10-month-old just "got in a fight"

GuitaristsGirl · January 2011

I never imagined this was even possible. So, daycare just called to tell me that he has scratches on his face. They washed them with soap and water, etc., etc., but they did an accident report and usually call to give a heads up when there's an accident report. So. The good news isn't they weren't primarily calling to report some type of misconduct. But then the rest of the story unfolded. . . Embarrassed

Apparently DS and another little boy were crawling under the cribs (they like to do this - kind of like hide and seek). They saw a toy. And both set their sights on said toy. The battle for the toy began. DS was scratched on his face. The other child endured pushing, and perhaps some hair pulling. More face scratches. . . OMG!!!! Baby wrestling!! I'm beyond mortified, but his teachers did their best to assure me that they were playing, not being aggressive (i.e. he's not "in trouble, they're not "concerned" about his behavior, or anything) . . . So I'm also a little humored trying to picture the scene -- like a fight in the high school hallways where the teachers have to run out and break the kids apart -- but he's in the Young Infants room, so the kids are all so fat and rolly polly and don't have great control of their limbs, you know?! I was too caught off guard to ask for more details, but am definitely going to request a play-by-play when I go pick him up - for curiosity sake and to get to the bottom of this. Oh my gosh. I didn't expect a phone call like this for at least a few more years. Oy. And boooooooooo.

mrsolsenk12 · January 2011

I would be mortified as well if it was my child however just picturing it made me laugh. I can see them pushing and scratching over a toy. I hope that you get a full explanation.

Mouseygail · January 2011

sorry..i'm totally laughing at the image!! sorry!!

schmoodle · January 2011

I have to admit I giggled. We've had incident reports for Toodle that say "A friend tried to take his snack and he scratched his friend." Also super embarrassing but a little funny sounding. It's Lord of the Flies over there (and FWIW, as he's gotten older he's stopped doing this).

JessandJeremy · January 2011

Wait until the biting starts. That's never a fun topic to give calls to parents about.

(I don't mean I think he'll start biting, I just ment biting as a whole. It usually peaks in 1.5-2 year old age groups.)

kimarino13 · January 2011

Mine beat each other up and fight daily. Tongue Tied

kme930 · January 2011

Oh wow - I can't imagine. I simply cannot.

But it's funny to think about as an outsider! I hope he's ok and he's just getting his aggressive phase out of his system!

brideinOC · January 2011

This really cracks me up!!! Claire and another little boy close in age go at it frequently and per my daycare mom, the boy starts it. When I helped my daycare mom out last week, I got to see exactly what she was talking about. Babies gone wild!!!!! DH and the other father are police officers together and we were wondering if she turns a PNP upside down for cage matches.

krissyh21 · January 2011

I was at Gymboree the other day, and DS bit a little girls toe... I was mortified, but couldn't help laughing since this girl head butted him about 2 weeks ago. It gets rough during parachute time.

GuitaristsGirl · January 2011

krissyh21:
I was at Gymboree the other day, and DS bit a little girls toe... I was mortified, but couldn't help laughing since this girl head butted him about 2 weeks ago. It gets rough during parachute time.

Oh my gosh, I'm dying! Too funny!